1.   Given how poor Bangladesh is, many people expected that a political crisis, a fertilizer shortage and a drought would decimate the economy of this farming nation.

2.   Given how poor Bangladesh is, many expected that a political crisis, fertilizer shortage and drought would decimate the economy of this farming nation.

3.   It has decimated Asian economies, spread to Russia and Brazil and led to wild swings on U.S. and European stock markets.

4.   It has decimated Asian economies, spread to Russia and Brazil and led to turbulence on the U.S. and European stock markets.

5.   Palestinians complain that the frequent Israeli incursions, added to roadblocks and other restrictions, have decimated their economy and caused widespread poverty.

6.   The pipeline is expected to bring valuable revenue to the republic, whose economy was decimated by the war, which ended last year.